Steven Furnell
Biographic Data
| ID | 4775114 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven Furnell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven |
| FAMILY NAME | Furnell |
| SIGNATURE | FURNELL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Plymouth |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0984-7542 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 7 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Situational support and information security behavioural intention
The formation of information security behavioural intention (ISBI) can be complex and dynamic in different contexts. This paper aims to examine and compare different users’ ISBI formalisation mechanisms when dealing with their personal affairs (non-work users) and organisational affairs (work users). Drawing on two principles of Conservation of Resources (COR) theory (i.e. resource loss principle, and resource gain principle), we developed two mo…
Massively Multi-Player Online Role Playing Games
Some may argue that the proliferation of personal computers together with the widespread use of the Internet has brought many benefits to society. The popularity of the internet and its associated online services continues to grow at an exponential rate and consequently, so does the number of avenues for potential exploitation. Prior research has already established that sexual predators and social engineers use the Internet as a means to target …
Securing Information and Communications Systems
Slamming the door on security threats just got easier for IT professionals. This total resource on security design and operations puts today's most powerful tools and techniques at their command, providing the latest hands-on expertise on everything from access control to privacy enhancement. Written by an international team of experts, this one-stop reference maps out the latest user authentication methods, as well as authorization and access co…
Cybercrime
Employing penetration testing as an audit methodology for the security review of VoIP
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss and amalgamate information security principles, and legal and ethical concerns that surround security testing and components of generic security testing methodologies that can be applied to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), in order to form an audit methodology that specifically addresses the needs of this technology. Design/methodology/approach Information security principles, legal and ethical …
G‐rome
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a model for sharing network capacity on demand among different underloaded and overloaded P2P ROME‐enabled networks. The paper aims to target networks of nodes with highly dynamic workload fluctuations that may experience a burst of traffic and/or massive nodes' failure rates. Design/methodology/approach The paper shows that when locally available network capacity is not adequate for the workload re…
A new taxonomy for comparing intrusion detection systems
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a new taxonomy for intrusion detection systems as a way of generating further research topics focussed on improving intrusion system performance. Design/methodology/approach – The paper shows that intrusion systems are characterised by the type of output they are capable of producing, such as intrusion/non‐intrusion declarations, through to intrusion plan determination. The output type is combined…
An approach to service‐oriented architecture using web service and BPM in the telecom‐OSS domain
Purpose In order to implement Service‐Oriented Architecture (SOA) in the telecommunication providers' Operations Support System (OSS) domain, this paper aims to propose an architectural baseline to design and implement the SOA based OSS model. Design/methodology/approach The paper proposes an approach to SOA using Web services for the service delivery domain in the area of telecommunication OSS design and implementation. The paper defines the ope…
Analysing Google rankings through search engine optimization data
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the most popular techniques used to rank a web page highly in Google. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents the results of a study into 50 highly optimized web pages that were created as part of a Search Engine Optimization competition. The study focuses on the most popular techniques that were used to rank highest in this competition, and includes an analysis on the use of PageRank, numbe…
Page ranking and topic‐sensitive page ranking
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the marketing and sales implications of page ranking techniques, in terms of how companies may use knowledge of their operation to increase the chances of attracting custom
The Sixth International Network Conference (INC 2006)
Approaches for personalised knowledge retrieval
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe new search methods based on semantic information structures to offer a personalised and interactive knowledge retrieval to the user. Design/methodology/approach A careful look on existing “knowledge management projects” leads to a proposed approach of a “knowledge broker network” where transfer of knowledge is based on communication between humans. To enhance the quality of search results a new sea…
A practical evaluation of Web analytics
E‐commerce has resulted in organisations investing significant resources in online strategies to extend business processes on to the World Wide Web. Traditional methods of measuring Web usage fall short of the richness of data required for the effective evaluation of such strategies. Web analytics are an approach that may meet organisational demand for effective evaluation of online strategies. A case study of Web analytics usage in a large multi…
Multi‐dimensional‐personalisation for location and interest‐based recommendation
During the dot com era the word “personalisation” was a hot buzzword. With the fall of the dot com companies the topic has lost momentum. As the killer application for UMTS has yet to be identified, the concept of multi‐dimensional‐personalisation (MDP) could be a candidate. Using this approach, a recommendation of online content, as well as offline events, can be offered to the user based on their known interests and current location. Instead of…
The 4th International Network Conference (INC 2004)
The Third International Network Conference (INC 2002)
Assessing the global accessibility of the Internet
Previous studies have identified significant disparity in the levels of Internet access availability in different countries, particularly in developing nations. This paper presents the findings of an investigation into Internet connectivity and usage in different countries, in an attempt to determine the extent of Internet access, and whether the availability of such technology is considered to be beneficial. This research considers indicators su…
Network quality of service monitoring for IP telephony
This paper presents a non‐intrusive method of determining network performance parameters for voice packet flows within a Voice over IP, or Internet Telephony call. An advantage of the method is that it allows not only end‐to‐end performance monitoring of flows, but also makes it possible to inspect the transport parameters of a specific network or link when delay sensitive traffic transits through it. The results of a preliminary test, to check t…
The Second International Network Conference (INC 2000)
Internet‐based security incidents and the potential for false alarms
The paper explains the background to experimental work that was conducted with the aim of measuring aspects of the WWW (specifically the average lifetime of a web link and the impact of the “Millennium Bug”), but which inadvertently caused two perceived security breaches on remote systems. The paper explains the nature of these incidents and considers why, when over 700,000 IP addresses were randomly sampled in the experimental study, only two si…
The International Network Conference 1998
Strategies for content migration on the World Wide Web
The World Wide Web has experienced explosive growth as a content delivery mechanism, delivering hypertext files and static media content in a standardised way. However, this content has been unable to interact with other content, making the Web a distribution system rather than a distributed system. This is changing, however, as distributed component architectures are being adapted to work with the Web’s architecture. This paper tracks the develo…
A security framework for online distance learning and training
Considers the requirement for information security within the domain of online distance learning. A generic module structure is presented which represents a high level abstraction of the different stages of the educational process. Discusses the main security issues that must be considered at each stage. These various requirements are being addressed in practice by the security framework being developed by the SDLearn research project, a collabor…
Computer abuse
Examines the damaging effects that malicious computer abuse, such as hacking and viruses, can have on the development of an information‐based society. Computing and telecommunications technologies are a key ingredient in the realization of this society, but are increasingly the targets of criminals and mischief makers. Highlights the apparent escalation in computer‐abuse incidents, as illustrated by a number of recent surveys, and examines the ef…
Analysing Google rankings through search engine optimization data
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the most popular techniques used to rank a web page highly in Google. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents the results of a study into 50 highly optimized web pages that were created as part of a Search Engine Optimization competition. The study focuses on the most popular techniques that were used to rank highest in this competition, and includes an analysis on the use of PageRank, numbe…
Computer abuse
Examines the damaging effects that malicious computer abuse, such as hacking and viruses, can have on the development of an information‐based society. Computing and telecommunications technologies are a key ingredient in the realization of this society, but are increasingly the targets of criminals and mischief makers. Highlights the apparent escalation in computer‐abuse incidents, as illustrated by a number of recent surveys, and examines the ef…
Assessing the global accessibility of the Internet
Previous studies have identified significant disparity in the levels of Internet access availability in different countries, particularly in developing nations. This paper presents the findings of an investigation into Internet connectivity and usage in different countries, in an attempt to determine the extent of Internet access, and whether the availability of such technology is considered to be beneficial. This research considers indicators su…
A security framework for online distance learning and training
Considers the requirement for information security within the domain of online distance learning. A generic module structure is presented which represents a high level abstraction of the different stages of the educational process. Discusses the main security issues that must be considered at each stage. These various requirements are being addressed in practice by the security framework being developed by the SDLearn research project, a collabor…
A practical evaluation of Web analytics
E‐commerce has resulted in organisations investing significant resources in online strategies to extend business processes on to the World Wide Web. Traditional methods of measuring Web usage fall short of the richness of data required for the effective evaluation of such strategies. Web analytics are an approach that may meet organisational demand for effective evaluation of online strategies. A case study of Web analytics usage in a large multi…
Strategies for content migration on the World Wide Web
The World Wide Web has experienced explosive growth as a content delivery mechanism, delivering hypertext files and static media content in a standardised way. However, this content has been unable to interact with other content, making the Web a distribution system rather than a distributed system. This is changing, however, as distributed component architectures are being adapted to work with the Web’s architecture. This paper tracks the develo…
Computer abuse
Examines the damaging effects that malicious computer abuse, such as hacking and viruses, can have on the development of an information‐based society. Computing and telecommunications technologies are a key ingredient in the realization of this society, but are increasingly the targets of criminals and mischief makers. Highlights the apparent escalation in computer‐abuse incidents, as illustrated by a number of recent surveys, and examines the ef…
A security framework for online distance learning and training
Considers the requirement for information security within the domain of online distance learning. A generic module structure is presented which represents a high level abstraction of the different stages of the educational process. Discusses the main security issues that must be considered at each stage. These various requirements are being addressed in practice by the security framework being developed by the SDLearn research project, a collabor…
The International Network Conference 1998
Strategies for content migration on the World Wide Web
The World Wide Web has experienced explosive growth as a content delivery mechanism, delivering hypertext files and static media content in a standardised way. However, this content has been unable to interact with other content, making the Web a distribution system rather than a distributed system. This is changing, however, as distributed component architectures are being adapted to work with the Web’s architecture. This paper tracks the develo…
Internet‐based security incidents and the potential for false alarms
The paper explains the background to experimental work that was conducted with the aim of measuring aspects of the WWW (specifically the average lifetime of a web link and the impact of the “Millennium Bug”), but which inadvertently caused two perceived security breaches on remote systems. The paper explains the nature of these incidents and considers why, when over 700,000 IP addresses were randomly sampled in the experimental study, only two si…
Network quality of service monitoring for IP telephony
This paper presents a non‐intrusive method of determining network performance parameters for voice packet flows within a Voice over IP, or Internet Telephony call. An advantage of the method is that it allows not only end‐to‐end performance monitoring of flows, but also makes it possible to inspect the transport parameters of a specific network or link when delay sensitive traffic transits through it. The results of a preliminary test, to check t…
The Second International Network Conference (INC 2000)
Assessing the global accessibility of the Internet
Previous studies have identified significant disparity in the levels of Internet access availability in different countries, particularly in developing nations. This paper presents the findings of an investigation into Internet connectivity and usage in different countries, in an attempt to determine the extent of Internet access, and whether the availability of such technology is considered to be beneficial. This research considers indicators su…
The Third International Network Conference (INC 2002)
A practical evaluation of Web analytics
E‐commerce has resulted in organisations investing significant resources in online strategies to extend business processes on to the World Wide Web. Traditional methods of measuring Web usage fall short of the richness of data required for the effective evaluation of such strategies. Web analytics are an approach that may meet organisational demand for effective evaluation of online strategies. A case study of Web analytics usage in a large multi…
Multi‐dimensional‐personalisation for location and interest‐based recommendation
During the dot com era the word “personalisation” was a hot buzzword. With the fall of the dot com companies the topic has lost momentum. As the killer application for UMTS has yet to be identified, the concept of multi‐dimensional‐personalisation (MDP) could be a candidate. Using this approach, a recommendation of online content, as well as offline events, can be offered to the user based on their known interests and current location. Instead of…
The 4th International Network Conference (INC 2004)
Employing penetration testing as an audit methodology for the security review of VoIP
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss and amalgamate information security principles, and legal and ethical concerns that surround security testing and components of generic security testing methodologies that can be applied to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), in order to form an audit methodology that specifically addresses the needs of this technology. Design/methodology/approach Information security principles, legal and ethical …
G‐rome
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a model for sharing network capacity on demand among different underloaded and overloaded P2P ROME‐enabled networks. The paper aims to target networks of nodes with highly dynamic workload fluctuations that may experience a burst of traffic and/or massive nodes' failure rates. Design/methodology/approach The paper shows that when locally available network capacity is not adequate for the workload re…
A new taxonomy for comparing intrusion detection systems
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a new taxonomy for intrusion detection systems as a way of generating further research topics focussed on improving intrusion system performance. Design/methodology/approach – The paper shows that intrusion systems are characterised by the type of output they are capable of producing, such as intrusion/non‐intrusion declarations, through to intrusion plan determination. The output type is combined…
An approach to service‐oriented architecture using web service and BPM in the telecom‐OSS domain
Purpose In order to implement Service‐Oriented Architecture (SOA) in the telecommunication providers' Operations Support System (OSS) domain, this paper aims to propose an architectural baseline to design and implement the SOA based OSS model. Design/methodology/approach The paper proposes an approach to SOA using Web services for the service delivery domain in the area of telecommunication OSS design and implementation. The paper defines the ope…
Analysing Google rankings through search engine optimization data
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the most popular techniques used to rank a web page highly in Google. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents the results of a study into 50 highly optimized web pages that were created as part of a Search Engine Optimization competition. The study focuses on the most popular techniques that were used to rank highest in this competition, and includes an analysis on the use of PageRank, numbe…
Page ranking and topic‐sensitive page ranking
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the marketing and sales implications of page ranking techniques, in terms of how companies may use knowledge of their operation to increase the chances of attracting custom
The Sixth International Network Conference (INC 2006)
Approaches for personalised knowledge retrieval
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe new search methods based on semantic information structures to offer a personalised and interactive knowledge retrieval to the user. Design/methodology/approach A careful look on existing “knowledge management projects” leads to a proposed approach of a “knowledge broker network” where transfer of knowledge is based on communication between humans. To enhance the quality of search results a new sea…
Securing Information and Communications Systems
Slamming the door on security threats just got easier for IT professionals. This total resource on security design and operations puts today's most powerful tools and techniques at their command, providing the latest hands-on expertise on everything from access control to privacy enhancement. Written by an international team of experts, this one-stop reference maps out the latest user authentication methods, as well as authorization and access co…
Cybercrime
Massively Multi-Player Online Role Playing Games
Some may argue that the proliferation of personal computers together with the widespread use of the Internet has brought many benefits to society. The popularity of the internet and its associated online services continues to grow at an exponential rate and consequently, so does the number of avenues for potential exploitation. Prior research has already established that sexual predators and social engineers use the Internet as a means to target …
Situational support and information security behavioural intention
The formation of information security behavioural intention (ISBI) can be complex and dynamic in different contexts. This paper aims to examine and compare different users’ ISBI formalisation mechanisms when dealing with their personal affairs (non-work users) and organisational affairs (work users). Drawing on two principles of Conservation of Resources (COR) theory (i.e. resource loss principle, and resource gain principle), we developed two mo…
Computer Science (24 works) · World Wide Web (13 works) · Business (12 works) · The Internet (8 works) · Computer security (6 works) · Telecommunications (6 works) · Academic Publishing and Open Access (5 works) · Information security (5 works) · Undergraduate Neuroscience Education and Research (5 works) · Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (4 works)